HUMAN REMAINS FOUND

FORT LAUDERDALE -- Some human remains found on the beach in the 1900 block of North Atlantic Boulevard are from a young man who was apparently struck by the blade of a motorboat, police spokesman Ott Cefkin said.

The Broward Medical Examiner's Officer said the victim -- a man about 20 years old -- had been in the water about three weeks, Cefkin said.

"We have no idea who it is," he said.

The remains may be from one of several people who vanished in boating or diving accidents off the beach, Detective Phil Mundy said.

Two men walking along the beach discovered the remains at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, Cefkin said.